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  1. william coates

    Processing in Buenos Aires?

    Hi Uruchi, I assume they requested your passport and you paid the PR fee? Was april 6 the deadline for handing in your paperwork? You will receive the pr visa which is affixed to your passport. Once you land in Canada and present your copr forum which you will receive with your passport, they...
  2. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    You can try using your reciept number that you recieved when paying the initial fee. But if you havn't been assigned a UCI number yet there wouldn't be anything there. They don't usually update the site with information until they have stated working on your application. I didn't get my UCI...
  3. william coates

    Processing in Buenos Aires?

    Yes the date to arrive by is stamped on the visa, Oct 5 2013. which is the expiriy date of my wife's medical. Yours is taking longer as you had to mail it in and pay the fee which we paid at the beginning when we initially sent our application in. You should hear something fairly quick I would...
  4. william coates

    Processing in Buenos Aires?

    Hi Bonnie19, We recieved our visa Feb 28th. Went into the VO and picked it up.they had sent us a mail on the 25th stating that it was ready for pick up,,,Had to also send in a couple more PR photos as the two previous ones had the wrong color for the back ground,,,,,,. when was the last time you...
  5. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    This is perfectly normal...ECAS is very slowwwwwwwwwww at updating. My wife had her visa in hand and the site still said, "in progress"...two days after recieving her visa the site changed to "decision made"
  6. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    Hey guys, congrats on the sponsorship approvals......... :)
  7. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    hhahhahhaha. you have a point there..Definitely cold that way. Well I can't wait to get back to good ole Canada and what ever seasons are offered. Had enough of the Buenos Aires weather system, green christmas, heat, etc etc. :)
  8. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    hi bscinto92, It does get cold. I remember one time up in kirkland lake having a temp 0f -45,,,,-70 with the wind chill. I know hamilton well. I live in Guelph which is just north west of there.
  9. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    Hi bscinto92, Yes its great having the papers completed. Actually my wife that will be doing the citizenship. I'm just the happy hubby/sponsor who started the ball rolling...Now comes the packing........My wife's visa is good unto Oct 5 so she has some time to get organized. I am returning to...
  10. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    Hi all, This is taken fron the ecas site. If you log into ecas you will see links at the bottom that will open up a page with some explanations for the terms used on ecas. And as it says here,,,when you recieve notice that your medical has been recieved it means that it arrived at CIC and...
  11. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    Hi dayver1331, Here is a link to the operational manuals that cic employees are supposed to follow when they work on the applications. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/index.asp I posted it on this form sometime back but I can't take credit for it as I found it on this site...
  12. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    Hi everyone,,,,,thanks for all the congrats Hi dayver1331, Processing times depend mainly on one thing,,,,,,,Your relationship with your better half. The shorter the relationship the longer they take going through your information to determine if it is genuine or not. They have a standing order...
  13. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    hi all, Picked up the visa today, The COPR was dated for the 25th Feb....could you update the spreadsheet when you get a chance Ms Malawi. Hey BrazilianGirl, the application number you recieved was the UCI number? If so it would stand to reason that your sponorship must have been approved. Why...
  14. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    hey 1000 post.... ha ha......and thanks sweden I'm heading back to Canada end of april and the wife and kids will follow end of august. It is certianly good to know that the application process is done,,,well its at the VO,,,just have to pick it up which we will do when the kids passports are...
  15. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    hi Guys, Just recieved notification from the Buenos Aires VO that my wife's visa has been printed and that we can go and pick up the documents. Have to also redo the two PR card photos as the background wasn't white enough,,,,,,,Thank goodness photoshop is my friend,,,,,, :) But hey ,,,,,,the PR...
  16. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    Hi all, Checked the initials of the officer who sent me my approval letter for sponsorship which is As for the time logged in here.....1 day, 10 hours and 31 minutes,, :)
  17. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    Hi guys, Just to let you know the processing times have been updated.... This should help :) Hopefully everyone in the Nov group who hasn't heard anything yet will soon :)
  18. william coates

    Processing in Buenos Aires?

    hi all, Well my wife recieved a mail from the VO today, So I guess i was right in assuming the process was almost complete, though they are a bit behind in answering mails as we hand delivered this stuff last wed, Feb 13th. Could be the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing ha...
  19. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    Hi all, My wife recieved this mail today from the VO. Guess I was right in assuming things were close to being completed.....Though they seem to be a bit behind in their correspondence as we delivered this stuff last wed, feb 13th. could be the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is...
  20. william coates

    November 2012 Applicants Unite!

    Hi Mevakesh, Its not common to be denied when applying to sponsor your wife. So i would imagine that you were approved and now you can wait for stage two... :) congrats